New Delhi,
\nCommonwealth Games gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was recommended for the country\u2019s highest sporting honour \u2013 the Khel Ratna Award by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Friday.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old, who also won the gold medal in the 2016 world junior championships, has also been recommended for the Arjuna Award by the federation.<\/p>\n
Javelin thrower Annu Rani and four-time Commonwealth Games medallist discus thrower Seema Antil Punia also have been recommended for the Arjuna Award.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Seema was recommended for the award in 2015 as well after she won gold in 2014 Asian Games and a silver at the 2014 Commonwealth Games but the awards committee didn\u2019t consider her because of dope-tainted past.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeema deserves an Arjuna Award. She is one of the greatest and most consistent athletes India has produced. Her four-consecutive gold medals at Commonwealth Games proves that,\u201d said Bahadur Singh, chairman of Arujna Award recommendation committee of AFI.<\/p>\n
The federation has also nominated legendary athlete turned coach PT Usha and India youth team coach, Sanjay Garnaik for the Dronacharya Award.<\/p>\n
The AFI also recommended Bobby Aloysius, Kuldeep Singh Bhullar and Jata Shankar for the Dhyanchand Award, while sending TP Ouseph\u2019s name to the ministry for Life Time Achievement Award.<\/p>\n
Chopra became only the fifth Indian athlete to have won a track and field gold medal at the Commonwealth Games after throwing 86.47m. He had earlier claimed a gold at the World Youth Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland with a throw of 86.48m, which is still a world record in the youth category. He also won a gold at the 2017 Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar.<\/p>\n
Seema, on the other hand, had a long career which started with a medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships but she was stripped of her medal after testing positive for pseudoephedrine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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